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bottom out
bot·tom B0414200 (bŏt′əm)n.1. The deepest or lowest part: the bottom of a well; the bottom of the page.2. The part closest to a reference point: was positioned at the bottom of the key for a rebound.3. The underside: scraped the bottom of the car on a rock.4. The supporting part; the base.5. The far end or part: at the bottom of the bed.6. a. The last place, as on a list.b. The lowest or least favorable position: started at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.7. The basic underlying quality; the source: Let's get to the bottom of the problem.8. The solid surface under a body of water.9. often bottoms Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Also called bottomland.10. a. Nautical The part of a ship's hull below the water line.b. A ship; a boat: "English merchants did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" (G.M. Trevelyan).11. often bottoms The trousers or short pants of pajamas.12. Informal The buttocks.13. The seat of a chair.14. Baseball The second or last half of an inning.15. Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.16. Slang One who is penetrated by another person or is the submissive partner in a sexual encounter or relationship.adj.1. Situated at the bottom: the bottom rung of the ladder.2. Of the lowest degree, quality, rank, or amount: the bottom three teams in the league.v. bot·tomed, bot·tom·ing, bot·toms v.tr.1. To provide with an underside.2. To provide with a foundation; base: jurisprudence that is bottomed on democratic principles.v.intr. To have or strike the underside against something: The car bottomed on the gravel.Phrasal Verb: bottom out To reach the lowest point possible, after which only a rise may occur: Sales of personal computers have bottomed out.Idiom: at bottom Basically.
[Middle English botme, from Old English botm.]
bot′tom·er n.bottom out vb (intr, adverb) to reach the lowest point and level out: the recession shows no sign of bottoming out. Thesaurus| Verb | 1.bottom out - reach the low point; "Prices bottomed out and started to rise again after a while"arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"peak, top out - to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity; "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929";"Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million" | | 2.bottom out - hit the ground; "the car bottomed out where the driveway meets the road"collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow" |
bottom out
bottom out1. To reach a lower point or collapse entirely. Once the housing market bottomed out, I knew I'd be stuck with a bad investment—or sell the house for a significant loss Doctor, her blood pressure just bottomed out, and she collapsed.2. Of a car, for the undercarriage to touch the ground. Be careful driving over those raised pothole covers—you don't want to bottom out.See also: bottom, outbottom outFig. to reach the lowest or worst point of something. All my problems seem to be bottoming out. They can't get much worse. Interest rates bottomed out last February.See also: bottom, outbottom outReach the lowest level, as in The recession appears to have bottomed out. This verbal use of bottom originated in the late 1800s and, with the addition of out in the mid-1900s, tends to be used mostly in the context of trade and finance. See also: bottom, outbottom outv. To descend to the lowest point possible, after which only an increase is possible: The company's sales of computers have bottomed out, but they should increase when a new model comes out.See also: bottom, outbottom out in. to reach the lowest or worst point of something. All my problems seem to be bottoming out. They can’t get much worse. See also: bottom, outEncyclopediaSeebottombottom out
Related to bottom out: knock the bottom outAntonyms for bottom outverb reach the low pointRelated Words- arrive at
- reach
- attain
- gain
- hit
- make
Antonymsverb hit the groundRelated Words- collide with
- impinge on
- hit
- run into
- strike
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